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AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE
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Reviews:
"...this excellent database provides an effective search engine for
locating materials on American history and culture...Novices and
experienced searchers will locate useful information without
difficulty, since navigation is clear and straightforward and the
online help screens are concise and helpful...Recommended." -
Choice
"
American History Online is a good starting point for
high school and undergraduate researchers...The interface is simple and
easy to use; the internal and external links are generous...Recommended
for school, public, and college libraries." -
Library Journal
"The primary sources here—over 1,300 of them—along with the handy
timelines, photos and illustrations, and maps, make this easy-to-use
resource especially valuable to students and teachers." -
KLIATT
About This Database:
The Broadest Scope of Coverage in a Single Resource
Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, Facts On File’s redesigned
American History Online
database revolutionises the way students and researchers can explore
the different facets of American history. With a new user-friendly
interface and increased functionality, this authoritative database
features Learning Centers that bring forward specially selected entries
to help students maximise their research experience. New features
include more than 600 new images, new thumbnail galleries of images and
maps and charts, tabbed search results, updated chronologies, and more.
The authoritative, curriculum-based content is culled from many
acclaimed Facts On File titles. By providing the most comprehensive
range of information in one complete resource—all of it extensively
hyperlinked and containing source citations—
American History Online
offers a virtual library of American history, which will become the
backbone of research for students and researchers of all ages.
Content Features:
- Biographies: biographies of important, interesting, and representative historical figures
- Events and Topics: descriptions of events, themes, organizations, places, and cultural developments in American history
- Primary Sources: more than 1,700 primary source documents with informative captions
- Timelines:
a general timeline of entries spanning more than 500 years of American
history, updated monthly; several subject-specific timelines; and 15
era-specific timelines
- Overview Era Essays: overview essays outlining time periods
- Image Gallery: more than 2,500 images depicting key figures, places, and events
- Maps and Charts: original maps, graphs, and tables
- Learning Centers: specially selected entries on different areas of interest to help users find a starting point for their research
- Special Features:
a spotlight providing an in-depth look at a topic such as immigration;
an Editor's Selection of the Month highlighting an event tied to each
month.
Search Features:
- Boolean Search Capabilities
- Search all content by Keyword, Phrase, or customised Advanced Search
- Browse content by:
—Topic,
such as American Revolution; Business, Industry, and Trade; Education;
Labor and Employment; Media and Communications; Science and Technology;
and Westward Expansion
—Time Period, corresponding to major eras in U.S. history
—In addition, browse Biographies by Occupation, and browse Primary Sources by Type.
